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Premiers to meet at Calgary Stampede in advance of Council of the Federation
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney will host the premiers of Ontario, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick and the Northwest Territories at the Calgary Stampede.A news release from the province says the pr...
Jul 8, 2019
Barty's run ends at Wimbledon, Riske reaches quarterfinals
WIMBLEDON, England - Ash Barty's winning streak is over, and so are her chances of winning a second straight Glam Slam title. The top-ranked Australian had won 15 matches in a row, including the Frenc...
Jul 8, 2019
Calgary city councillor saves man from possible OD
CALGARY- A city councillor jumped into action with a naloxone kit when she found a man lying unresponsive on a lawn across from her home.Diane Colley-Urquhart says she couldn't rouse him, his pulse ra...
Jul 8, 2019
Vancouver shipyard used one new coast guard vessel to repair, deliver another
OTTAWA - A Vancouver shipyard delivered the first of the Canadian Coast Guard's three new science vessels last week by cannibalizing parts from one of the other ships for repairs, new documents show. ...
Jul 8, 2019
London daredevil scales one of Europe's tallest buildings
LONDON - A free climber in London has scaled one of the tallest buildings in Europe. The man who climbed The Shard early Monday morning was spoken to by police after he made his ascent but hasn't been...
Jul 8, 2019
Gorst leads the way following Day 3 of Rangeland Derby
The rain held off Sunday and the conditions were improved for night 3 of the 2019 Rangeland Derby at the Calgary Stampede.Kris Molle had the fastest time of Day 3 with a run of 1:13.89.However, on agg...
Jul 8, 2019
Barbra Streisand, Kris Kristofferson sing duet in London
LONDON - It was 1976 all over again in London as Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson performed a song from their movie "A Star Is Born." Headlining British Summer Time in Hyde Park Sunday night, S...
Jul 8, 2019
Spacey accuser could be forced to testify on missing phone
NANTUCKET, Mass. - The man who accused Kevin Spacey of groping him at a bar could be forced to testify about what happened to a cellphone wanted by the defence. A Massachusetts judge has ordered the a...
Jul 8, 2019
2019 Wheatbelt Regular Season enters final week
The final week of the Wheatbelt Baseball League regular season will kick off Monday night and there is plenty on the line ahead of the post-season.Going into the final 5 games of the 2019 regular seas...
Jul 8, 2019 (photo credit to Jeromy Corrigan)
Won and done: Star forward Kawhi Leonard leaves Raptors for LA Clippers
TORONTO - The laugh. The load management. The shot. The NBA championship. The parade. It was a heck of a season, but it appears that's all the Toronto Raptors are going to get from Kawhi Leonard. Won ...
Jul 8, 2019